Tripura: Ahead of Bakrid, cops, DMs to check illegal transport, slaughter of animals

Agartala:  With two days to go for Eid-al-Adha, also known as Bakrid, the Tripura government has asked district administrations and the state police to check illegal butchering of cows, camels and other animals across the state, a senior official said on Thursday.
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According to the order, “sacrifice of animals, including cows, will be allowed in designated places” provided the guidelines under The Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, 1960 are adhered to.
The secretary of Animal Welfare Board of India has issued a directive to stop illegal killing of cows and other animals. Accordingly, the state government sent a letter to the officials, the director of animal resources development department, DK Chakma, said.
Pregnant or sick animals cannot be killed or sacrificed and provisions under The Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, 1960 must be followed while transporting animals, he told PTI.
Meanwhile, taking offence at the state government’s move, Tripura Congress president Birajit Sinha said that it was aimed at hurting religious sentiment of a particular community .